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The Year 2017: 'Survival of the Flittest'

How would you describe the year 2017? Survival of the fittest? In the insect world, it's more...

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Posted on Friday, December 29, 2017 at 11:13 AM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Best photos of 2017 (1), honey bees (3), lady beetles (1), ladybugs (1), longhorned bees (1), Mexican sunflower (3), syprhid flies (1), Tithonia (2), Western tiger swallowtail (26)

A Tiger by the Tail

One of Buck Owens' signature songs that never failed to please his fan base was "I Got a Tiger by...

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Posted on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 at 4:22 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: longhorn bees (1), Melissodes agilis (1), Mexican sunflower (3), Papilio rutulus (19), pollinator garden (1), tiger by the tail (1), Tithonia (2), Western tiger swallowtail (26)

The Bee and the Tiger

Talk about a butterfly ballet... A large Western tiger swallowtail, Papilio rutulus, with a...

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Posted on Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 4:39 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: male longhorn bee (1), Melissodes agilis. Tithonia (1), Mexican sunflower (3), Papilio rutulus (19), Western tiger swallowtail (26)

Hurrah for the Red, White and Blue!

It's the Fourth of July, and amid our celebration of the adoption of the Declaration of...

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Posted on Tuesday, July 4, 2017 at 7:59 AM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: blue (1), cabbage white butterfly (1), flameskimmer (1), Fourth of July (1), Libellula saturata (1), Papilio rutulus (19), Pieris rapae (1), red (1), Western tiger swallowtail (26), white (1)

The Flora and the Fauna at the Old State Capitol

Erected in 1852, this historic building was ostensibly intended for Benicia City Hall. Offered as...

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Posted on Wednesday, June 14, 2017 at 4:29 PM

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• Author: Kathy Keatley Garvey

Tags: Agraulis vanillae (2), Benicia State Capitol (1), Fischer-Hanlon House (1), Gulf Fritillary (2), Papilio rutulus (19), Western tiger swallowtail (26)

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